Right now, Community preschool teachers and educators are facing intense pressure and stress. They’re struggling to balance unmanageable workloads with a shrinking workforce. Preschool teachers…

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Apr 22 2026

May Day 2026

May Day recognises the history of working people organising and fighting to achieve a better way of life, decent pay and working conditions. Every year,…

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The IEU is campaigning for an end to religious exemptions that make it legal to discriminate against school staff and students.  The IEU Council of 120 elected members at…

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The clock is ticking – the early childhood education worker retention scheme must be extended. In 2024, union advocacy delivered historic federal government support for…

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The AEC is conducting a recall of insufficient nominations election for Sub branch delegates to IEU Council for the following sub branches: Please find below…

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The IEU met with Aspect representatives on 4 March to discuss serious safety issues and unfair pay raised by IEU members employed as teacher aides….

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Workload transparency was a crucial win of the IEU’s ‘Now’s the Time’ campaign in 2024 for better pay and conditions for teachers and support staff…

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Three new enterprise agreements (EAs) negotiated by the union came into force in February, with better pay and conditions for Catholic school leaders in NSW…

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